Flame and Women

炎と女
  • 1 Sep.(Sat.)17:00/Conference Room

  • Japan/1967/102 min.
  • Director:Kijyu Yoshida
  • Cast:Mariko Okada, Isao Kimura

A couple (Isao Kimura and Mariko Okada) has a young son whom the mother conceived through artificial insemination. One day, the biological father of the child appears and the family falls into a crisis. To whom does the child belong? Does his mother have the exclusive right to her child? Yoshida presents his unique feminist perspective in this freshly done film, criticizing male-dominant Japanese society.